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The first Christmas Trees came to Britain sometime in the 1830s. They became very popular in 1841, when Prince Albert (Queen Victoria's German husband) had a Christmas Tree set up in Windsor Castle. In 1848, drawing of The Queen's Christmas tree at Windsor Castle was published in the Illustrated London News.
According to mac-2001.com/philo/crit/GREEK3.TXT -- Gradually during the middle and late 1800's, the celebration of Christmas became so popular, that it began to be declared a state holiday. Alabama was the first state to declare Christmas a legal holiday in 1836. By the time of the Civil War another twenty eight states had also instituted Christmas as a holiday. All U.S. states and territories recognized Christmas as a holiday by 1890. Federal employees were given Christmas as a paid holiday, beginning in 1885.